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Promise to boost mental health support in schools
The $2m+ funding boost will be available to government, Catholic and independent primary schools in rural or regional communities experiencing…
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Aussie teachers called to apply for $1m prize
Teachers applying for the Global Teacher Prize will be assessed on teaching practices, how they innovate to address local challenges,…
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The need for mental health education in Australian schools
While teachers may not have the time or competency to deliver such a program, mental health practitioners placed in schools…
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To succeed in an AI world, students must learn the human traits of writing
Students across Australia have started the new school year using pencils, pens, and keyboards to learn to write.
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Education
After the 2020 lessons of COVID-19, should we do Year 12 differently?
It may not have worked seamlessly for them all, but if surveyed, many would agree that there were distinct benefits…
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NSW Teachers Federation’s special float for diverse families
A waddling extravaganza is headed down the Mardi Gras Parade at the Sydney Cricket Ground this year with a very…
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Australia failing to deliver equitable funding for public schools, says teacher union
"While private schools continue to enjoy billion-dollar special funding deals, public schools have a $19 billion funding shortfall and have…
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Opinion
‘The stories a nation tells itself matter’: how will the COVID generation remember 2020?
The COVID generation might also remember living in families where precarity and uncertainty were daily realities. The pandemic has functioned…
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Health & Safety
Children in Darwin are more worried about their safety than their grades
Among children in the under-ten group who said they can’t calm themselves, 42% selected they “get help from a teacher”.
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Remote learning didn’t affect most NSW primary students in our study academically. But well-being suffered
"We’ve got massive amounts of anxiety in our students. From physical behaviour, oppositional behaviours, kids not wanting to come to…
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